Re: is that a fork in the road?

From: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)

To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>

Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 11:33:27 +0000

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com> writes:
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> Before we lament the complexity (We are whining!)
> or really sidetrack, we can stop and
> look at the path we came down (you did
> that in the speech) and then see if the
> next steps are obvious or not obvious.
>
> Can we safely say:
>
> 1. If it fails the parse, it isn't
> XML (draconian bases).
Yes.
> 2. The base infoSet maps to the
> first level.
Yes (including Namespaces).
> 3. Each step afterwards is one
> one has to choose. XML Schema
> is an obvious step because it adds
> type information.
Yes.
> What alternative steps for three are there
> other than the DTD? What alternative properties
> are added in these steps? Then we can
> get around to naming the steps.
Gentlefolk, start your engines.
ht
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